CODATA: Montreal September 30, 2002
International
VO initiatives
The
Virtual Observatory
•Massive
homogeneous survey datasets are being created
–Sloan Digital
Sky Survey
–2MASS infared
survey
–Canada-France-Hawaii
Legacy Survey
•Multi-wavelength
survey datasets can be constructed
•Network
bandwidth is increasing
•Astronomers
have embraced many online services
•Funding
agencies are receptive
New types of science will be
possible with new modes of data
access